Syllabus: CS 580 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Fall 2002

Wednesday 7:20 - 10:00 p.m. in R A111

Current information about this course will be kept on a CS 580 web page:
http://cs.gmu.edu/~zduric/cs580.html
Course Text: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Russell & Norvig,
Prentice Hall
Supplementary texts:
ANSI Common Lisp, Graham, Prentice-Hall
Common LISPcraft, R. Wilensky, Norton Publishing
Common Lisp - The Language, G. Steele, Digital Press
Artifical Intelligence, Luger & Stubblefield, Addison Wesley
Prerequisites: A working knowledge of computer systems and several
programming languages is required. The material covered
in CS 310 and CS 330 as well as general computer science
maturity is assumed and used throughout the course.
Content: The basic principles of representation, heuristic search,
learning, and control will be presented in the context
of specific AI areas such as problem solving, vision,
natural language, and expert systems. The Lisp
programming language will be used as the primary
language for homework assignments.
Exams: There will be a midterm and final exam.
Homework: There will be several programming assignments which will
include written summaries. Other assignments could
include practice problems from the textbook and/or old
exams. A class project will be required.
Grading: The course grade will be determined approximately as
follows:
homework: 30%
project: 10%
midterm: 25%
final: 35%